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DECLARATION OF MARC STERN, M.D. IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS’ EMERGENCY MOTION TO MODIFY

POPULATION REDUCTION ORDER

DONALD SPECTER – 083925 STEVEN FAMA – 099641 ALISON HARDY – 135966 SARA NORMAN – 189536 RITA LOMIO – 254501 MARGOT MENDELSON – 268583 PRISON LAW OFFICE 1917 Fifth Street Berkeley, California 94710-1916 Telephone: (510) 280-2621

MICHAEL W. BIEN – 096891 ERNEST GALVAN – 196065 LISA ELLS – 243657 JESSICA WINTER – 294237 MARC J. SHINN-KRANTZ – 312968 CARA E. TRAPANI – 313411 ROSEN BIEN GALVAN & GRUNFELD LLP 101 Mission Street, Sixth Floor San Francisco, California 94105-1738 Telephone: (415) 433-6830

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AND NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT COMPOSED OF THREE JUDGES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 2284, TITLE 28 UNITED STATES CODE

RALPH COLEMAN, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

GAVIN NEWSOM, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 2:90-CV-00520-KJM-DB THREE JUDGE COURT

Case No. C01-1351 JST THREE JUDGE COURT DECLARATION OF MARC STERN, M.D. IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS’ EMERGENCY MOTION TO MODIFY POPULATION REDUCTION ORDER

MARCIANO PLATA, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

GAVIN NEWSOM,

Defendants.

Case 2:90-cv-00520-KJM-DB Document 6524 Filed 03/25/20 of 20

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DECLARATION OF MARC STERN, M.D. IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS’ EMEGERNCY MOTION

DECLARATION OF MARC STERN, M.D.

I, Marc Stern, declare as follows:

1. I am a physician, board-certified in internal medicine, specializing in correctional

health care. I most recently served as the Assistant Secretary for Health Care at the Washington

State Department of Corrections. I served for four years as a medical subject matter expert for the

Officer of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and as a

medical subject matter expert for one year for the California Attorney General’s division

responsible for monitoring the conditions of confinement in Immigration and Customs

Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities. I am a court-appointed medical expert in the class action

Parsons v. Ryan, CV-12-00601-PHX-ROS. Currently, I am the Medical Advisor for the National

Sheriffs’ Association on matters related to preventive measures responding to COVID-19.

Additionally, in 2009, at the request of the California Receiver Clark Kelso, I toured 10 California

State Prisons to assess whether or not the Receiver’s assignment – to restore the delivery of health

services within the California State Prisons – to constitutionally adequate levels – had been

completed. I have been Attached as Exhibit A is a copy of my curriculum vitae.

2. COVID-19 is a serious disease that has reached pandemic status, and is straining

the health care systems around the world. At least 330,000 people around the world have received

confirmed diagnoses of COVID 19, including 33,400 people in the United States. At least 14,000

people have died globally as a result of COVID-19, including more than 400 in the United States.

These numbers will increase, perhaps exponentially. Moreover, the numbers for the United States

currently must be considered in light of nationwide shortages of COVID-19 tests, thus the actual

numbers are likely significantly higher than those reported.

3. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) reports that

so far five employees and one incarcerated person have tested positive for COVID-19.

https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/covid19/. The actual number of infections is likely to be higher due to

the testing shortage.


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DECLARATION OF MARC STERN, M.D. IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS’ EMERGENCY MOTION

4. COVID-19 is a novel respiratory virus. It is spread primarily through droplets

generated when an infected person coughs or sneezes, or through droplets of saliva or discharge

from the nose. There is no vaccine for COVID-19, and there is no cure for COVID-19. No one

has prior immunity. The only way to control the virus is to use preventive strategies, including

social distancing.

5. The time course of the disease can be very rapid. Individuals can show the first

symptoms of infection in as little as two days after exposure and their condition can seriously

deteriorate in as little as five days (perhaps sooner) after that. It is believed that people can

transmit the virus without being symptomatic and, indeed, that a significant amount of

transmission may be from people who are infected but asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic.

6. The effects of COVID-19 are very serious, especially for people who are most

vulnerable. Vulnerable people include people over the age of 50, and those of any age with

underlying health problems such as – but not limited to – weakened immune systems,

hypertension, diabetes, blood, lung, kidney, heart, and liver disease, and possibly pregnancy.

7. Vulnerable people who are infected by the COVID-19 virus can experience severe

respiratory illness, as well as damage to other major organs. Treatment for serious cases of

COVID-19 requires significant advanced support, including ventilator assistance for respiration

and intensive care support. An outbreak of COVID-19 could put significant pressure on or exceed

the capacity of local health infrastructure. In the absence of a vaccine and a cure, a significant

number of people who are infected with the virus will die. To the extent that the health care

infrastructure is overloaded, people will die unnecessarily because necessary respirators and

hospital facilities are unavailable.

8. Controlling the spread of the virus by limiting person to person contact is critical to

saving lives. This is very challenging in prisons, because they are congregate environments, i.e.

places where people live and sleep in close proximity. Social distancing in ways that are

recommended by public health officials can be difficult, if not impossible in this environment. To

the extent that incarcerated people are housed in close quarters, unable to maintain a six-foot

distance from others, and sharing or touching objects used by others, infectious diseases that are


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transmitted via the air or touch (like COVID-19) are more likely to spread, placing people at risk.

This is especially true when, as in California, the number of incarcerated people is high and when

large numbers of people are housed in open dormitories rather than one or two-person cells. For

these reasons, if – but more likely when – COVID-19 is introduced into a prison, the risks of

spread is greatly, if not exponentially, increased as already evidenced by spread of COVID-19 in

two other congregate environments: nursing homes and cruise ships.

9. In addition to the increased risk from COVID-19 to any individual in the prisons,

there is an especially increased risk of harm to the elderly and people with underlying health

conditions. They are not only more likely to become seriously ill, but also, therefore, more likely

to require transport to a community hospital.

10. California state prisons remain overcrowded, even after the Population Reduction

Order upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in Brown v. Plata, 563 U.S. 493 (2001). I have

reviewed the Weekly Population Report posted on the website of the CDCR at

https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/research/wp-content/uploads/sites/174/2020/03/Tpop1d200318.pdf. This

report shows that the California state prisons remain at 130% of capacity. Among the 35 state

prisons, all but four are over 100% capacity, and 19 are at or over 130% of design capacity, with

eight over 150% capacity. Among the four which are below capacity, their occupancies are still

high, from a public health standpoint: 90.9%, 96.2%, 97.3%, and 99.7%.

11. I visited 10 of the California state prisons in 2009, and have observed many of the

large open dormitories, housing groups ranging from a half dozen to scores of incarcerated people.

Additionally, I have reviewed photographs taken in 2019 and provided to me by plaintiffs’ counsel

of living areas and day rooms in four prisons: Central California Women’s Facility, California

Institution for Men, California Medical Facility, and the Substance Abuse Treatment Facility at

Corcoran. I also reviewed a CDCR Institutional Bed Audit dated March 23, 2020 that shows that

many of the CDCR dormitories are very crowded. For example, at Avenal State Prison, all people

are housed in dormitories designed to house 50-100 people. Most of those dormitories are


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currently at 150% capacity. At the Central California Women’s Facility, some of the dormitories

are as much as 194% overcrowded.

12. The level of crowding in the California state prisons, as evidenced by the

population reports, the Institutional Bed Audit and the photographs I reviewed, is very significant

and worrisome from a public health standpoint. These crowded conditions, particularly in the

dormitories, make it virtually impossible to maintain social distance.

13. CDCR already has reported confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the prisons. The

conditions in CDCR’s prisons will undoubtedly result in the rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus

throughout the prisons, absent significant and immediate interventions. In addition, prisons house

a higher percentage than the community of people with underlying health conditions that put them

at increased risk of serious complications (including death) from COVID-19. Therefore, based on

the crowded conditions, coupled with the increased concentration of people with high risk of

complications, including death, from COVID-19, incarcerated people in California state

prisons are at an extraordinary risk of dying from the COVID-19 virus.

14. I have reviewed the CDCR’s COVID-19 Preparedness webpage listing the

precautions they report to have implemented in the prisons. See https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/covid19/.

Even if fully implemented as described, these steps reduce, but to not eliminate significant risk

compared to risk in the community. Further, according to CDCR’s own plan, it will likely not be

able to fully implement its measures. Indeed, according to the website, “staff and inmates are

practicing social distancing strategies where possible….” and they will “[adjust] dining schedules

where possible” (emphasis added.)

15. For these reasons, I recommend immediately downsizing the population of these

prisons, with priority given to those at high risk of harm due to their age and health status, and

with the goal of allowing social distancing and recommended public health practices in all

ongoing activities. To be effective in reducing the spread of the virus, these downsizing

measures must occur now. Currently, the prevalence of the virus in the prisons appears low,

limited to a few prisons. This gives the California a critical window of opportunity to contain the

virus before it permeates the prison system and becomes completely unmanageable.


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16. There are two values to immediate downsizing. First, downsizing will reduce the

density of congregation. This will allow people in prison to maintain better social distancing. The

reduction in population will also make it easier for prison authorities to implement infection

prevention measures such as: provision of cleaning supplies to residents; frequent laundering of

towels and clothes; provision of soap for handwashing; frequent cleaning of transactional surfaces;

frequent showers; etc. The reduction in population while implementing these enhanced measures

helps prevent overloading the work of prison staff such that they can continue to ensure the safety

of incarcerated people. For those people housed in dormitories, reducing the density will enable

people to live in group settings with sufficient space to maintain six feet of distance from others.

All these steps can slow or stop the spread of infection, to the benefit of residents and staff and,

ultimately, the community at large.

17. Second, immediate downsizing that prioritizes residents who are elderly and those

with underlying health conditions reduces the likelihood they will contract the disease. Individuals

in these groups are at the highest risk of severe complications from COVID-19 and when they

develop severe complications they will be transported to community hospitals. Prisons are integral

parts of the community’s public health infrastructure. Reducing the spread and severity of

infection in a state prison slows, if not reduces, the number of people who will become ill enough

to require hospitalization where they will be using scarce community resources (ER beds, general

hospital beds, ICU beds) which also in turn reduces the health and economic burden to the local

community at large.

18. In addition to recommending immediate downsizing, I also recommend that the

prisons begin planning now to downsize further as conditions change. The change in conditions

we need to anticipate is reduction in workforce (custody and health care staff) as workers respond

to their personal needs (self-quarantine or isolation, caring for ill relatives, staying home with

school-age children). Insufficient custody staffing poses an obvious risk to the safety of the

institution. Insufficient health care staffing poses an obvious risk to the health of residents.

19. The risks to which incarcerated people at the 35 California state prisons are

exposed stem from the congregate nature of their crowded environment and, for the elderly and


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chronically ill, from their medical histories. Thus, even if the health care delivery system were

constitutionally adequate, the incarcerated people living in these prisons would still be at

substantial risk of illness and death.

20. Thus, in summary, reducing the number of individuals imprisoned in the 35

California State Prisons immediately, with plans made for further reductions as staffing levels

change, is necessary for the health and safety of the prisons and our communities. This population

reduction should begin with the most medically compromised, and continue until the population

reaches the point that allows for social distancing and recommended public health practices in all

activities.

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1746, I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true

and correct.

Executed this 24th day in March, 2020 in Tumwater, Washington.

_____________________

Dr. Marc Stern


Exhibit A


MARC F. STERN, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P.

March, 2020

1100 Surrey Trace Drive, SE [email protected]

Tumwater, Washington 98501, USA +1 (360) 701–6520

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

CORRECTIONAL HEALTH CARE CONSULTANT 2009 – PRESENT

Consultant in the design, management, and operation of health services in a correctional setting to assist in evaluating,

monitoring, or providing evidence-based, cost-effective care consistent with constitutional mandates of quality.

Current activities include:

COVID-19 Medical Advisor, National Sheriffs Association (2020 - )

Advisor to various jails in Washington State on patient safety, health systems, and related health care and custody

staff activities and operations, and RFP and contract generation (2014 - )

Consultant to the US Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Special Litigation Section. Providing investigative

support and expert medical services pursuant to complaints regarding care delivered in any US jail, prison, or

detention facility. (2010 - ) (no current open cases)

Physician prescriber/trainer for administration of naloxone by law enforcement officers for the Olympia, Tumwater,

Lacey, Yelm, and Evergreen College Police Departments (2017 - )

Consultant to the Civil Rights Enforcement Section, Office of the Attorney General of California, under SB 29, to

review the healthcare-related conditions of confinement of detainees confined by Immigration and Customs

Enforcement in California facilities (2017 - )

Rule 706 Expert to the Court, US District Court for the District of Arizona, in the matter of Parsons v. Ryan (2018 - )

Previous activities include:

Consultant to Human Rights Watch to evaluate medical care of immigrants in Homeland Security detention (2016 -

2018)

Consultant to Broward County Sheriff to help develop and evaluate responses to a request for proposals (2017 -

2018)

Member of monitoring team (medical expert) pursuant to Consent Agreement between US Department of Justice and

Miami-Dade County (Unites States of America v Miami-Dade County, et al.) regarding, entre outre, unconstitutional

medical care. (2013 - 2016)

Jointly appointed Consultant to the parties in Flynn v Walker (formerly Flynn v Doyle), a class action lawsuit before

the US Federal District Court (Eastern District of Wisconsin) regarding Eighth Amendment violations of the health

care provided to women at the Taycheedah Correctional Institute. Responsible for monitoring compliance with the

medical component of the settlement. (2010 - 2015)

Consultant on “Drug-related Death after Prison Release,” a research grant continuing work with Dr. Ingrid

Binswanger, University of Colorado, Denver, examining the causes of, and methods of reducing deaths after release

from prison to the community. National Institutes of Health Grant R21 DA031041-01. (2011 - 2016)

Consultant to the US Department of Homeland Security, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. Providing

investigative support and expert medical services pursuant to complaints regarding care received by immigration

detainees in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (2009 - 2014)

Special Master for the US Federal District Court (District of Idaho) in Balla v Idaho State Board of Correction, et al.,

a class action lawsuit alleging Eighth Amendment violations in provision of health care at the Idaho State

Correctional Institution. (2011 - 2012)

Facilitator/Consultant to the US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics,

providing assistance and input for the development of the first National Survey of Prisoner Health. (2010-2011 )

Project lead and primary author of National Institute of Corrections’ project entitled “Correctional Health Care

Executive Curriculum Development,” in collaboration with National Commission on Correctional Health Care. NIC

commissioned this curriculum for its use to train executive leaders from jails and prisons across the nation to better

manage the health care missions of their facilities. Cooperative Agreement 11AD11GK18, US Department of Justice,

National Institute of Corrections. (2011 - 2015 )


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Co-teacher, with Jaye Anno, Ph.D., for the National Commission on Correctional Health Care, of the Commission’s

standing course, An In-Depth Look at NCCHC’s 2008 Standards for Health Services in Prisons and Jails taught at its

national meetings. (2010 - 2013)

Contributor to 2014 Editions of Standards for Health Services in Jails and Standards for Health Services in Prisons,

National Commission on Correctional Health Care. (2013)

Consultant to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation court-appointed Receiver for medical

operations. Projects included:

o Assessing the Receiver’s progress in completing its goal of bringing medical care delivered in the

Department to a constitutionally mandated level. (2009)

o Providing physician leadership to the Telemedicine Program Manager tasked with improving and expanding

the statewide use of telemedicine. (2009)

Conceived, co-designed, led, and instructed in American College of Correctional Physicians and National

Commission on Correctional Health Care’s Medical Directors Boot Camp (now called Leadership Institute), a

national training program for new (Track “101”) and more experienced (Track “201”) prison and jail medical

directors. (2009 - 2012)

Participated as a member of a nine-person Delphi expert consensus panel convened by Rand Corporation to create a

set of correctional health care quality standards. (2009)

Convened a coalition of jails, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and community mental health centers in ten

counties in Washington State to apply for a federal grant to create an electronic network among the participants that

will share prescription information for the correctional population as they move among these three venues. (2009 -

2010)

Participated as a clinical expert in comprehensive assessment of Michigan Department of Corrections as part of a

team from the National Commission on Correctional Health Care. (2007)

Provided consultation to Correctional Medical Services, Inc., St. Louis (now Corizon), on issues related to

development of an electronic health record. (2001)

Reviewed cases of possible professional misconduct for the Office of Professional Medical Conduct of the New York

State Department of Health. (1999 – 2001)

Advised Deputy Commissioner, Indiana State Board of Health, on developing plan to reduce morbidity from chronic

diseases using available databases. (1992)

Provided consultation to Division of General Medicine, University of Nevada at Reno, to help develop a new clinical

practice site combining a faculty practice and a supervised resident clinic. (1991)

OLYMPIA BUPRENORPHINE CLINIC, OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON 2019 - PRESENT

Volunteer practitioner at a low-barrier clinic to providing Medication Assisted Treatment (buprenorphine) to opioid

dependent individuals wishing to begin treatment, until they can transition to a long-term treatment provider

OLYMPIA FREE CLINIC, OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON 2017 - PRESENT

Volunteer practitioner providing episodic care at a neighborhood clinic which provides free care to individuals without

health insurance until they can find a permanent medical home

OLYMPIA UNION GOSPEL MISSION CLINIC, OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON 2009 – 2014

Volunteer practitioner providing primary care at a neighborhood clinic which provides free care to individuals without

health insurance until they can find a permanent medical home; my own patient panel within the practice focuses on

individuals recently released jail and prison.

WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS 2002 – 2008

Assistant Secretary for Health Services/Health Services Director, 2005 – 2008

Associate Deputy Secretary for Health Care, 2002 – 2005

Responsible for the medical, mental health, chemical dependency (transiently), and dental care of 15,000 offenders in

total confinement. Oversaw an annual operating budget of $110 million and 700 health care staff.

As the first incumbent ever in this position, ushered the health services division from an operation of 12 staff in

headquarters, providing only consultative services to the Department, to an operation with direct authority and



responsibility for all departmental health care staff and budget. As part of new organizational structure, created and

filled statewide positions of Directors of Nursing, Medicine, Dental, Behavioral Health, Mental Health, Psychiatry,

Pharmacy, Operations, and Utilization Management.

Significantly changed the culture of the practice of correctional health care and the morale of staff by a variety of

structural and functional changes, including: ensuring that high ethical standards and excellence in clinical practice

were of primordial importance during hiring of professional and supervisory staff; supporting disciplining or career

counseling of existing staff where appropriate; implementing an organizational structure such that patient care

decisions were under the final direct authority of a clinician and were designed to ensure that patient needs were met,

while respecting and operating within the confines of a custodial system.

Improved quality of care by centralizing and standardizing health care operations, including: authoring a new

Offender Health Plan defining patient benefits based on the Eighth Amendment, case law, and evidence-based

medicine; implementing a novel system of utilization management in medical, dental, and mental health, using the

medical staffs as real-time peer reviewers; developing a pharmacy procedures manual and creating a Pharmacy and

Therapeutics Committee; achieving initial American Correctional Association accreditation for 13 facilities (all with

almost perfect scores on first audit); migrating the eight individual pharmacy databases to a single central database.

Blunted the growth in health care spending without compromising quality of care by a number of interventions,

including: better coordination and centralization of contracting with external vendors, including new statewide

contracts for hospitalization, laboratory, drug purchasing, radiology, physician recruitment, and agency nursing;

implementing a statewide formulary; issuing quarterly operational reports at the state and facility levels.

Piloted the following projects: direct issuance of over-the-counter medications on demand through inmates stores

(commissary), obviating the need for a practitioner visit and prescription; computerized practitioner order entry

(CPOE); pill splitting; ER telemedicine.

Oversaw the health services team that participated variously in pre-design, design, or build phases of five capital

projects to build complete new health units.

NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES 2001 – 2002

Regional Medical Director, Northeast Region, 2001 – 2002

Responsible for clinical oversight of medical services for 14,000 offenders in 14 prisons, including one (already) under

court monitoring.

Oversaw contract with vendor to manage 60-bed regional infirmary and hospice.

Coordinated activities among the Regional Medical Unit outpatient clinic, the Albany Medical College, and the 13

feeder prisons to provide most of the specialty care for the region.

Worked with contracting specialists and Emergency Departments to improve access and decrease medical out-trips

by increasing the proportion of scheduled and emergency services provided by telemedicine.

Provided training, advice, and counseling to practitioners and facility health administrators in the region to improve

the quality of care delivered.

CORRECTIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES, INC. (now CORIZON) 2000 – 2001

Regional Medical Director, New York Region, 2000 – 2001

Responsible for clinical management of managed care contract with New York State Department of Correctional Services

to provide utilization management services for the northeast and northern regions of New York State and supervision of

the 60-bed regional infirmary and hospice.

Migrated the utilization approval function from one of an anonymous rule-based “black box” to a collaborative

evidence-based decision making process between the vendor and front-line clinicians.

MERCY INTERNAL MEDICINE, ALBANY, NEW YORK 1999 – 2000

Neighborhood three-physician internal medicine group practice.

Primary Care Physician, 1999 – 2000 (6 months)

Provided direct primary care to a panel of community patients during a period of staff shortage.



ALBANY COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, ALBANY, NEW YORK 1998 – 1999

Acting Facility Medical Director, 1998 – 1999

Directed the medical staff of an 800 bed jail and provided direct patient care following the sudden loss of the Medical

Director, pending hiring of a permanent replacement. Coordinated care of jail patients in local hospitals. Provided

consultation to the Superintendent on improvements to operation and staffing of medical unit and need for privatization.

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER, ALBANY, NY 1992 – 1998

Assistant Chief, Medical Service, 1995 – 1998

Chief, Section of General Internal Medicine and Emergency Services, 1992 – 1998

Responsible for operation of the general internal medicine clinics and the Emergency Department.

Designed and implemented an organizational and physical plant makeover of the general medicine ambulatory care

clinic from an episodic-care driven model with practitioners functioning independently supported by minimal nursing

involvement, to a continuity-of-care model with integrated physician/mid-level practitioner/registered nurse/licensed

practice nurse/practice manager teams.

Led the design and opening of a new Emergency Department.

As the VA Section Chief of Albany Medical College’s Division of General Internal Medicine, coordinated academic

activities of the Division at the VA, including oversight of, and direct teaching in, ambulatory care and inpatient

internal medicine rotations for medical students, residents, and fellows. Incorporated medical residents as part of the

general internal medicine clinics. Awarded $786,000 Veterans Administration grant (“PRIME I”) over four years for

development and operation of educational programs for medicine residents and students in allied health professions

(management, pharmacy, social work, physician extenders) wishing to study primary care delivery.

ERIE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, BUFFALO, NY 1988 – 1990

Director of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Services, 1989 – 1990

Staff Physician, STD Clinic, 1988 – 1989

Staff Physician, Lackawanna Community Health Center, 1988 – 1990

Provided leadership and patient care services in the evaluation and treatment of STDs. Successfully reorganized the

county’s STD services which were suffering from mismanagement and were under public scrutiny. Provided direct

patient care services in primary care clinic for underserved neighborhood.

UNION OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH CENTER, BUFFALO, NY 1988 – 1990

Staff Physician, 1988 – 1990

Provided direct patient care for the evaluation of occupationally-related health disorders.

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER, BUFFALO, NY 1985 – 1990

Chief Outpatient Medical Section and Primary Care Clinic, 1986 – 1988

VA Section Head, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Buffalo, 1986 – 1988

Developed and implemented a major restructuring of the general medicine ambulatory care clinic to reduce

fragmentation of care by introduction of a continuity-of-care model with a physician/nurse team approach.

Medical Director, Anticoagulation Clinic 1986 – 1990

Staff Physician, Emergency Department, 1985 – 1986

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

2007 – present Affiliate Assistant Professor, Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of

Washington

1999 – present Clinical Professor, Fellowship in Applied Public Health (previously Volunteer Faculty, Preventive

Medicine Residency), University at Albany School of Public Health

1996 – 2002 Volunteer Faculty, Office of the Dean of Students, University at Albany

1992 – 2002 Associate Clinical/Associate/Assistant Professor of Medicine, Albany Medical College



1993 – 1997 Clinical Associate Faculty, Graduate Program in Nursing, Sage Graduate School

1990 – 1992 Instructor of Medicine, Indiana University

1985 – 1990 Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Buffalo

1982 – 1985 Clinical Assistant Instructor of Medicine, University of Buffalo

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2016 – present Chair, Education Committee, Academic Consortium on Criminal Justice Health

2016 – present Washington State Institutional Review Board (“Prisoner Advocate” member)

2016 – 2017 Mortality Reduction Workgroup, American Jail Association

2013 – present Conference Planning Committee – Medical/Mental Health Track, American Jail Association

2013 – 2016 “Health in Prisons” course, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University/International

Committee of the Red Cross

2013 – present Institutional Review Board, University of Washington (“Prisoner Advocate” member),

2011 – 2012 Education Committee, National Commission on Correctional Health Care

2007 – present National Advisory Committee, COCHS (Community–Oriented Correctional Health Services)

2004 – 2006 Fellow’s Advisory Committee, University of Washington Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar

Program

2004 External Expert Panel to the Surgeon General on the “Call to Action on Correctional Health Care”

2003 – present Faculty Instructor, Critical Appraisal of the Literature Course, Family Practice Residency Program,

Providence St. Peter Hospital, Olympia, Washington

2001 – present Chair/Co-Chair, Education Committee, American College of Correctional Physicians

1999 – present Critical Appraisal of the Literature Course, Preventive Medicine Residency Program, New York State

Department of Health/University at Albany School of Public Health

1999 Co–Chairperson, Education Subcommittee, Workshop Submission Review Committee, Annual

Meeting, Society of General Internal Medicine

1997 – 1998 Northeast US Representative, National Association of VA Ambulatory Managers

1996 – 2002 Faculty Mentor, Journal Club, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Albany Medical College

1996 – 2002 Faculty Advisor and Medical Control, 5 Quad Volunteer Ambulance Service, University at Albany

1995 – 1998 Preceptor, MBA Internship, Union College

1995 Quality Assurance/Patient Satisfaction Subcommittee, VA National Curriculum Development

Committee for Implementation of Primary Care Practices, Veterans Administration

1994 – 1998 Residency Advisory Committee, Preventive Medicine Residency, New York State Department of

Health/School of Public Health, University at Albany

1993 Chairperson, Dean's Task Force on Primary Care, Albany Medical College

1993 Task Group to develop curriculum for Comprehensive Care Case Study Course for Years 1 through 4,

Albany Medical College

1988 – 1989 Teaching Effectiveness Program for New Housestaff, Graduate Medical Dental Education Consortium

of Buffalo

1987 – 1990 Human Studies Review Committee, School of Allied Health Professions, University of Buffalo

1987 – 1989 Chairman, Subcommittee on Hospital Management Issues and Member, Subcommittee on

Teaching of Ad Hoc Committee to Plan Incoming Residents Training Week, Graduate

Medical Dental Education Consortium of Buffalo

1987 – 1988 Dean's Ad Hoc Committee to Reorganize "Introduction to Clinical Medicine" Course

1987 Preceptor, Nurse Practitioner Training Program, School of Nursing, University of Buffalo

1986 – 1988 Course Coordinator, Simulation Models Section of Physical Diagnosis Course, University of Buffalo

1986 – 1988 Chairman, Service Chiefs' Continuity of Care Task Force, Veterans Administration Medical Center,

Buffalo, New York

1979 – 1980 Laboratory Teaching Assistant in Gross Anatomy, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

1973 – 1975 Instructor and Instructor Trainer of First Aid, American National Red Cross



1972 – 1975 Chief of Service or Assistant Chief of Operations, 5 Quad Volunteer Ambulance Service, University at

Albany.

1972 – 1975 Emergency Medical Technician Instructor and Course Coordinator, New York State Department of

Health, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services

REVIEWER/EDITOR

2019 – present Criminal Justice Review (reviewer)

2015 – present PLOS ONE (reviewer)

2015 – present Founding Editorial Board Member and Reviewer, Journal for Evidence-based Practice in Correctional

Health, Center for Correctional Health Networks, University of Connecticut

2011 – present American Journal of Public Health (reviewer)

2010 – present International Advisory Board Member and Reviewer, International Journal of Prison Health

2010 – present Langeloth Foundation (grant reviewer)

2001 – present Reviewer and Editorial Board Member (2009 – present), Journal of Correctional Health Care

2001 – 2004 Journal of General Internal Medicine (reviewer)

1996 Abstract Committee, Health Services Research Subcommittee, Annual Meeting, Society of General

Internal Medicine (reviewer)

1990 – 1992 Medical Care (reviewer)

EDUCATION

University at Albany, College of Arts and Sciences, Albany; B.S., 1975 (Biology)

University at Albany, School of Education, Albany; AMST (Albany Math and Science Teachers) Teacher Education

Program, 1975

Université Libre de Bruxelles, Faculté de Medecine, Brussels, Belgium; Candidature en Sciences Medicales, 1980

University at Buffalo, School of Medicine, Buffalo; M.D., 1982

University at Buffalo Affiliated Hospitals, Buffalo; Residency in Internal Medicine, 1985

Regenstrief Institute of Indiana University, and Richard L. Roudebush Veterans Administration Medical Center; VA/NIH

Fellowship in Primary Care Medicine and Health Services Research, 1992

Indiana University, School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Bloomington; M.P.H., 1992

New York Academy of Medicine, New York; Mini-fellowship Teaching Evidence-Based Medicine, 1999

CERTIFICATION

Provisional Teaching Certification for Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Grades 7–12, New York State Department of

Education (expired), 1975

Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners, 1983

Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1985

Fellow, American College of Physicians, 1991

License: Washington (#MD00041843, active); New York (#158327, inactive); Indiana (#01038490, inactive)

“X” Waiver (buprenorphine), Department of Health & Human Services, 2018

MEMBERSHIPS

2019 – present Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs

2005 – 2016 American Correctional Association/Washington Correctional Association

2004 – 2006 American College of Correctional Physicians (Member, Board of Directors, Chair Education

Committee)

2000 – present American College of Correctional Physicians



RECOGNITION

B. Jaye Anno Award for Excellence in Communication, National Commission on Correctional Health Care. 2019

Award of Appreciation, Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs. 2018

Armond Start Award of Excellence, American College of Correctional Physicians. 2010

(First) Annual Preventive Medicine Faculty Excellence Award, New York State Preventive Medicine Residency

Program, University at Albany School of Public Health/New York State Department of Health. 2010

Excellence in Education Award for excellence in clinical teaching, Family Practice Residency Program, Providence St.

Peter Hospital, Olympia, Washington. 2004

Special Recognition for High Quality Workshop Presentation at Annual Meeting, Society of General Internal Medicine.

1996

Letter of Commendation, House Staff Teaching, University of Buffalo. 1986

WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, PRESENTATIONS, INVITED LECTURES

It’s the 21st Century – Time to Bid Farewell to “Sick Call” and “Chronic Care Clinic”. Annual Conference, National

Commission on Correctional Health Care. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 2019

HIV and Ethics – Navigating Medical Ethical Dilemmas in Corrections. Keynote Speech, 14th

Annual HIV Care in the

Correctional Setting. AIDS Education and Training Program (AETC) Mountain West, Olympia, Washington. 2019

Honing Nursing Skills to Keep Patients Safe in Jail. Orange County Jail Special Training Session (including San

Bernardino and San Diego Jail Staffs), Theo Lacy Jail, Orange, California. 2019

What Would You Do? Navigating Medical Ethical Dilemmas. Leadership Training Academy, National Commission on

Correctional Health Care. San Diego, California. 2019

Preventing Jail Deaths. Jail Death Review and Investigations: Best Practices Training Program, American Jail

Association, Arlington, Virginia. 2018

How to Investigate Jail Deaths. Jail Death Review and Investigations: Best Practices Training Program, American Jail

Association, Arlington, Virginia. 2018

Executive Manager Program in Correctional Health. 4-day training for custody/health care teams from jails and prisons

on designing safe and efficient health care systems. National Institute for Corrections Training Facility, Aurora, Colorado,

and other venues in Washington State. Periodically. 2014 – present

Medical Ethics in Corrections. Criminal Justice 441 – Professionalism and Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice. University

of Washington, Tacoma. Recurring seminar. 2012 – present

Medical Aspects of Deaths in ICE Custody. Briefing for U.S. Senate staffers, Human Rights Watch. Washington, D.C.

2018

Jails’ Role in Managing the Opioid Epidemic. Panelist. Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs Annual

Conference. Spokane, Washington. 2018

Contract Prisons and Contract Health Care: What Do We Know? Behind Bars: Ethics and Human Rights in U.S. Prisons

Conference. Center for Bioethics – Harvard Medical School/Human Rights Program – Harvard Law School. Boston,

Massachusetts. 2017

Health Care Workers in Prisons. (With Dr. J. Wesley Boyd) Behind Bars: Ethics and Human Rights in U.S. Prisons

Conference. Center for Bioethics – Harvard Medical School/Human Rights Program – Harvard Law School. Boston,

Massachusetts. 2017

Prisons, Jails and Medical Ethics: Rubber, Meet Road. Grand Rounds. Touro Medical College. New York, New York.

2017

Jail Medical Doesn’t Have to Keep You Up at Night – National Standards, Risks, and Remedies. Washington Association

of Counties. SeaTac, Washington. 2017

Prison and Jail Health Care: What do you need to know? Grand Rounds. Providence/St. Peters Medical Center. Olympia,

Washington. 2017

Prison Health Leadership Conference. 2-Day workshop. International Corrections and Prisons Association/African

Correctional Services Association/Namibian Corrections Service. Omaruru, Namibia. 2016; 2018



What Would YOU Do? Navigating Medical Ethical Dilemmas. Spring Conference. National Commission on Correctional

Health Care. Nashville, Tennessee. 2016

Improving Patient Safety. Spring Provider Meeting. Oregon Department of Corrections. Salem, Oregon 2016

A View from the Inside: The Challenges and Opportunities Conducting Cardiovascular Research in Jails and Prisons.

Workshop on Cardiovascular Diseases in the Inmate and Released Prison Population. The National Heart, Lung, and

Blood Institute. Bethesda, Maryland. 2016

Why it Matters: Advocacy and Policies to Support Health Communities after Incarceration. At the Nexus of Correctional

Health and Public Health: Policies and Practice session. Panelist. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting.

Chicago, Illinois. 2015

Hot Topics in Correctional Health Care. Presented with Dr. Donald Kern. American Jail Association Annual Meeting.

Charlotte, North Carolina. 2015

Turning Sick Call Upside Down. Annual Conference. National Commission on Correctional Health Care. Dallas, Texas,

2015.

Diagnostic Maneuvers You May Have Missed in Nursing School. Annual Conference. National Commission on

Correctional Health Care. Dallas, Texas. 2015

The Challenges of Hunger Strikes: What Should We Do? What Shouldn’t We Do? Annual Conference. National

Commission on Correctional Health Care. Dallas, Texas. 2015

Practical and Ethical Approaches to Managing Hunger Strikes. Annual Practitioners’ Conference. Washington

Department of Corrections. Tacoma, Washington. 2015

Contracting for Health Services: Should I, and if so, how? American Jail Association Annual Meeting. Dallas, Texas.

2014

Hunger Strikes: What should the Society of Correctional Physician’s position be? With Allen S, May J, Ritter S.

American College of Correctional Physicians (Formerly Society of Correctional Physicians) Annual Meeting. Nashville,

Tennessee. 2013

Addressing Conflict between Medical and Security: an Ethics Perspective. International Corrections and Prison

Association Annual Meeting. Colorado Springs, Colorado. 2013

Patient Safety and ‘Right Using’ Nurses. Keynote address. Annual Conference. American Correctional Health Services

Association. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2013

Patient Safety: Overuse, underuse, and misuse…of nurses. Keynote address. Essentials of Correctional Health Care

conference. Salt Lake City, Utah. 2012

The ethics of providing healthcare to prisoners-An International Perspective. Global Health Seminar Series. Department

of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. 2012

Recovery, Not Recidivism: Strategies for Helping People Who are Incarcerated. Panelist. NAMI Annual Meeting, Seattle,

Washington, 2012

Ethics and HIV Workshop. HIV/AIDS Care in the Correctional Setting Conference, Northwest AIDS Education and

Training Center. Salem, Oregon. 2011

Ethics and HIV Workshop. HIV/AIDS Care in the Correctional Setting Conference, Northwest AIDS Education and

Training Center. Spokane, Washington. 2011

Patient Safety: Raising the Bar in Correctional Health Care. With Dr. Sharen Barboza. National Commission on

Correctional Health Care Mid-Year Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee. 2010

Patient Safety: Raising the Bar in Correctional Health Care. American Correctional Health Services Association, Annual

Meeting, Portland, Oregon. 2010

Achieving Quality Care in a Tough Economy. National Commission on Correctional Health Care Mid-Year Meeting,

Nashville, Tennessee, 2010 (Co-presented with Rick Morse and Helena Kim, PharmD.)

Involuntary Psychotropic Administration: The Harper Solution. With Dr. Bruce Gage. American Correctional Health

Services Association, Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon. 2010

Evidence Based Decision Making for Non-Clinical Correctional Administrators. American Correctional Association 139th

Congress, Nashville, Tennessee. 2009

Death Penalty Debate. Panelist. Seattle University School of Law, Seattle, Washington. 2009



The Patient Handoff – From Custody to the Community. Washington Free Clinic Association, Annual Meeting, Olympia,

Washington. Lacey, Washington. 2009

Balancing Patient Advocacy with Fiscal Restraint and Patient Litigation. National Commission on Correctional Health

Care and American College of Correctional Physicians “Medical Directors Boot Camp,” Seattle, Washington. 2009

Staff Management. National Commission on Correctional Health Care and American College of Correctional Physicians

“Medical Directors Boot Camp,” Seattle, Washington. 2009

Management Dilemmas in Corrections: Boots and Bottom Bunks. Annual Meeting, American College of Correctional

Physicians, Chicago, Illinois. 2008

Public Health and Correctional Health Care. Masters Program in community–based population focused management –

Populations at risk, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington. 2008

Managing the Geriatric Population. Panelist. State Medical Directors’ Meeting, American Corrections Association,

Alexandria, Virginia. 2007

I Want to do my own Skin Biopsies. Annual Meeting, American College of Correctional Physicians, New Orleans,

Louisiana. 2005

Corrections Quick Topics. Annual Meeting, American College of Correctional Physicians. Austin, Texas. 2003

Evidence Based Medicine in Correctional Health Care. Annual Meeting, National Commission on Correctional Health

Care. Austin, Texas. 2003

Evidence Based Medicine. Excellence at Work Conference, Empire State Advantage. Albany, New York. 2002

Evidence Based Medicine, Outcomes Research, and Health Care Organizations. National Clinical Advisory Group,

Integrail, Inc., Albany, New York. 2002

Evidence Based Medicine. With Dr. LK Hohmann. The Empire State Advantage, Annual Excellence at Work Conference:

Leading and Managing for Organizational Excellence, Albany, New York. 2002

Taking the Mystery out of Evidence Based Medicine: Providing Useful Answers for Clinicians and Patients. Breakfast

Series, Institute for the Advancement of Health Care Management, School of Business, University at Albany, Albany,

New York. 2001

Diagnosis and Management of Male Erectile Dysfunction – A Goal–Oriented Approach. Society of General Internal

Medicine National Meeting, San Francisco, California. 1999

Study Design and Critical Appraisal of the Literature. Graduate Medical Education Lecture Series for all housestaff,

Albany Medical College, Albany, New York. 1999

Male Impotence: Its Diagnosis and Treatment in the Era of Sildenafil. 4th

Annual CME Day, Alumni Association of the

Albany–Hudson Valley Physician Assistant Program, Albany, New York. 1998

Models For Measuring Physician Productivity. Panelist. National Association of VA Ambulatory Managers National

Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee. 1997

Introduction to Male Erectile Dysfunction and the Role of Sildenafil in Treatment. Northeast Regional Meeting Pfizer

Sales Representatives, Manchester Center, Vermont. 1997

Male Erectile Dysfunction. Topics in Urology, A Seminar for Primary Healthcare Providers, Bassett Healthcare,

Cooperstown, New York. 1997

Evaluation and Treatment of the Patient with Impotence: A Practical Primer for General Internists. Society of General

Internal Medicine National Meeting, Washington D.C. 1996

Impotence: An Update. Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York. 1996

Diabetes for the EMT First–Responder. Five Quad Volunteer Ambulance, University at Albany. Albany, New York.

1996

Impotence: An Approach for Internists. Medicine Grand Rounds, St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, New York. 1994

Male Impotence. Common Problems in Primary Care Precourse. American College of Physicians National Meeting,

Miami, Florida. 1994

Patient Motivation: A Key to Success. Tuberculosis and HIV: A Time for Teamwork. AIDS Program, Bureau of

Tuberculosis Control – New York State Department of Health and Albany Medical College, Albany, New York. 1994



Recognizing and Treating Impotence. Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Albany Medical College, Albany, New

York. 1992

Medical Decision Making: A Primer on Decision Analysis. Faculty Research Seminar, Department of Family Practice,

Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana. 1992

Effective Presentation of Public Health Data. Bureau of Communicable Diseases, Indiana State Board of Health,

Indianapolis, Indiana. 1991

Impotence: An Approach for Internists. Housestaff Conference, Department of Medicine, Indiana University,


Using Electronic Databases to Search the Medical Literature. NIH/VA Fellows Program, Indiana University,


Study Designs Used in Epidemiology. Ambulatory Care Block Rotation. Department of Medicine, Indiana University,


Effective Use of Slides in a Short Scientific Presentation. Housestaff Conference, Department of Medicine, Indiana

University, Indianapolis, Indiana. 1991

Impotence: A Rational and Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment for the General Internist. Society of General

Internal Medicine National Meeting, Washington D.C. 1991

Nirvana and Audio–Visual Aids. With Dr. RM Lubitz. Society of General Internal Medicine, Midwest Regional Meeting,

Chicago. 1991

New Perspectives in the Management of Hypercholesterolemia. Medical Staff, West Seneca Developmental Center, West

Seneca, New York. 1989

Effective Use of Audio–Visual Aids. Nurse Educators, American Diabetes Association, Western New York Chapter,

Buffalo, New York. 1989

Management of Diabetics in the Custodial Care Setting. Medical Staff, West Seneca Developmental Center, West

Seneca, New York, 1989

Effective Use of Audio–Visuals in Diabetes Peer and Patient Education. American Association of Diabetic Educators,

Western New York Chapter, Buffalo, New York. 1989

Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Care of Diabetes. Nurse Practitioner Training Program, School of Nursing, University of

Buffalo, Buffalo, New York. 1989

Techniques of Large Group Presentations to Medical Audiences – Use of Audio–Visuals. New Housestaff Training

Program, Graduate Medical Dental Education Consortium of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York. 1988

PUBLICATIONS/ABSTRACTS

Borschmann, R, Tibble, H, Spittal, MJ, … Stern, MF, Viner, KM, Wang, N, Willoughby, M, Zhao, B, and Kinner, SA.

The Mortality After Release from Incarceration Consortium (MARIC): Protocolfor a multi-national, individual

participant data meta-analysis. Int. J of Population Data Science 2019 5(1):6

Binswanger IA, Maruschak LM, Mueller SR, Stern MF, Kinner SA. Principles to Guide National Data Collection on the

Health of Persons in the Criminal Justice System. Public Health Reports 2019 134(1):34S-45S

Stern M. Hunger Strike: The Inside Medicine Scoop. American Jails 2018 32(4):17-21

Grande L, Stern M. Providing Medication to Treat Opioid Use Disorder in Washington State Jails. Study conducted for

Washington State Department of Social and Health Services under Contract 1731-18409. 2018.

Stern MF, Newlin N. Epicenter of the Epidemic: Opioids and Jails. American Jails 2018 32(2):16-18

Stern MF. A nurse is a nurse is a nurse…NOT! Guest Editorial, American Jails 2018 32(2):4,68

Wang EA, Redmond N, Dennison Himmelfarb CR, Pettit B, Stern M, Chen J, Shero S, Iturriaga E, Sorlie P, Diez Roux

AV. Cardiovascular Disease in Incarcerated Populations. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2017

69(24):2967-76

Mitchell A, Reichberg T, Randall J, Aziz-Bose R, Ferguson W, Stern M. Criminal Justice Health Digital Curriculum.

Poster, Annual Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health, Atlanta, Georgia, March, 2017



Stern MF. Patient Safety (White Paper). Guidelines, Management Tools, White Papers, National Commission on

Correctional Health Care. http://www.ncchc.org/filebin/Resources/Patient-Safety-2016.pdf. June, 2016

Binswanger IA, Stern MF, Yamashita TE, Mueller SR, Baggett TP, Blatchford PJ. Clinical risk factors for death after

release from prison in Washington State: a nested case control study. Addiction 2015 Oct 17

Stern MF. Op-Ed on Lethal Injections. The Guardian 2014 Aug 6

Stern MF. American College of Correctional Physicians Calls for Caution Placing Mentally Ill in Segregation: An

Important Band-Aid. Guest Editorial. Journal of Correctional Health Care 2014 Apr; 20(2):92-94

Binswanger I, Blatchford PJ, Mueller SR, Stern MF. Mortality After Prison Release: Opioid Overdose and Other Causes

of Death, Risk Factors, and Time Trends From 1999 to 2009. Annals of Internal Medicine 2013 Nov; 159(9):592-600

Williams B, Stern MF, Mellow J, Safer M, Greifinger RB. Aging in Correctional Custody: Setting a policy agenda for

older prisoner health care. American Journal of Public Health 2012 Aug; 102(8):1475-1481

Binswanger I, Blatchford PJ, Yamashita TE, Stern MF. Drug-Related Risk Factors for Death after Release from Prison:

A Nested Case Control Study. Oral Presentation, University of Massachusetts 4th

Annual Academic and Health Policy

Conference on Correctional Healthcare, Boston, Massachusetts, March, 2011

Binswanger I, Blatchford PJ, Forsyth S, Stern MF, Kinner SA. Death Related to Infectious Disease in Ex-Prisoners: An

International Comparative Study. Oral Presentation, University of Massachusetts 4th

Annual Academic and Health Policy

Conference on Correctional Healthcare, Boston, Massachusetts, March, 2011

Binswanger I, Lindsay R, Stern MF, Blatchford P. Risk Factors for All-Cause, Overdose and Early Deaths after Release

from Prison in Washington State Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Drug and Alcohol Dependence Aug 1 2011;117(1):1-6

Stern MF, Greifinger RB, Mellow J. Patient Safety: Moving the Bar in Prison Health Care Standards. American Journal

of Public Health November 2010;100(11):2103-2110

Strick LB, Saucerman G, Schlatter C, Newsom L, Stern MF. Implementation of Opt-Out HIV testing in the Washington

State Department of Corrections. Poster Presentation, National Commission on Correctional Health Care Annual

Meeting, Orlando, Florida, October, 2009

Binswanger IA, Blatchford P, Stern MF. Risk Factors for Death After Release from Prison. Society for General Internal

Medicine 32nd Annual Meeting; Miami: Journal of General Internal Medicine; April 2009. p. S164-S95

Stern MF. Force Feeding for Hunger Strikes – One More Step. CorrDocs Winter 2009;12(1):2

Binswanger I, Stern MF, Deyo RA, Heagerty PJ, Cheadle A, Elmore JG, Koepsell TD. Release from Prison – A High

Risk of Death for Former Inmates. New England Journal of Medicine 2007 Jan 11;356(2):157–165

Stern MF, Hilliard T, Kelm C, Anderson E. Epidemiology of Hepatitis C Infection in the Washington State Department

of Corrections. Poster Presentation, CDC/NIH ad hoc Conference on Management of Hepatitis C in Prisons, San

Antonio, Texas, January, 2003

Phelps KR, Stern M, Slingerland A, Heravi M, Strogatz DS, Haqqie SS. Metabolic and skeletal effects of low and high

doses of calcium acetate in patients with preterminal chronic renal failure. Am J Nephrol 2002 Sep–Dec;22(5–6):445–54

Goldberg L, Stern MF, Posner DS. Comparative Epidemiology of Erectile Dysfunction in Gay Men. Oral Presentation,

International Society for Impotence Research Meeting, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, August 1998. Int J Impot Res.

1998;10(S3):S41 [also presented as oral abstract Annual Meeting, Society for the Study of Impotence, Boston,

Massachusetts, October, 1999. Int J Impot Res. 1999;10(S1):S65]

Stern MF. Erectile Dysfunction in Older Men. Topics in Geriatric Rehab 12(4):40–52, 1997. [republished in Geriatric

Patient Education Resource Manual, Supplement. Aspen Reference Group, Eds. Aspen Publishers, Inc., 1998]

Stern MF, Wulfert E, Barada J, Mulchahy JJ, Korenman SG. An Outcomes–Oriented Approach to the Primary Care

Evaluation and Management of Erectile Dysfunction. J Clin Outcomes Management 5(2):36–56, 1998

Fihn SD, Callahan CM, Martin D, et al.; for the National Consortium of Anticoagulation Clinics.* The Risk for and

Severity of Bleeding Complications in Elderly Patients Treated with Warfarin. Ann Int Med. 1996;124:970–979

Fihn SD, McDonell M, Martin D, et al.; for the Warfarin Optimized Outpatient Follow–up Study Group.* Risk

Factors for Complications of Chronic Anticoagulation. Ann Int Med. 1993;118:511–520. (*While involved in the

original proposal development and project execution, I was no longer part of the group at the time of this publication)

Stern MF, Dittus RS, Birkhead G, Huber R, Schwartz J, Morse D. Cost–Effectiveness of Hepatitis B Immunization

Strategies for High Risk People. Oral Presentation, Society of General Internal Medicine National Meeting, Washington,

D.C., May 1992. Clin Res 1992


http://www.ncchc.org/filebin/Resources/Patient-Safety-2016.pdf


Fihn SD, McDonell MB, Vermes D, Martin D, Kent DL, Henikoff JG, and the Warfarin Outpatient Follow–up Study

Group. Optimal Scheduling of Patients Taking Warfarin. A Multicenter Randomized Trial. Oral Presentation, Society of

General Internal Medicine National Meeting, Washington, D.C., May 1992. Clin Res 1992

Fihn SD, McDonnell MB, Vermes D, Kent DL, Henikoff JG, and the Warfarin Anticoagulation Study Group. Risk

Factors for Complications During Chronic Anticoagulation. Poster Presentation, Society of General Internal Medicine

National Meeting, Seattle, May 1991

Pristach CA, Donoghue GD, Sarkin R, Wargula C, Doerr R, Opila D, Stern M, Single G. A Multidisciplinary Program to

Improve the Teaching Skills of Incoming Housestaff. Acad Med. 1991;66(3):172–174

Stern MF. Diagnosing Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhea Infections. (letter) J Gen Intern Med.

1991;6:183

Stern MF, Fitzgerald JF, Dittus RS, Tierney WM, Overhage JM. Office Visits and Outcomes of Care: Does Frequency

Matter? Poster Presentation, Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, Seattle, May 1991. Clin Res

1991;39:610A

Stern MF. Cobalamin Deficiency and Red Blood Cell Volume Distribution Width. (letter) Arch Intern Med.

1990;150:910

Stern M, Steinbach B. Hypodermic Needle Embolization to the Heart. NY State J Med. 1990;90(7):368–371

Stern MF, Birkhead G, Huber R, Schwartz J, Morse D. Feasibility of Hepatitis B Immunization in an STD Clinic. Oral

Presentation, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, November 1990

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